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Grants

NASA SBIR Ignite

Status

Closes in 16 days

Applications close 2026-10-15.

Open now
Amount
Not published

A commercially-oriented SBIR track with a lighter-touch application, aimed at companies whose primary market is commercial rather than NASA. Award sizes track the NASA SBIR Phase I/II ceilings.

Funder

U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

public · national

Deadline: Fixed cut-off dates — SBIR Ignite Phase II window is open per nasa.gov/sbir_sttr: opens 3 September 2026, closes 15 October 2026. (2025 Ignite cohort selections were announced April 2026; this is a new window.)

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Aimed at businesses with a commercial-first go-to-market where NASA is not the primary customer.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EU SME definition (Recommendation 2003/361) · SBIR vs STTR: what actually differs

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.nasa.gov/sbir_sttr/ · not human-checked

Verified on 25 September 2026

Source: www.nasa.gov

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